The Civic (Re)Solve Education Fund is a project and registered trade name of the left-of-center Hopewell Fund, a fiscal sponsorship nonprofit that is a member of the billion-dollar nonprofit network run by Arabella Advisors. However, Civic (Re)Solve Education Fund does not have its own website or any other documented activities. 1
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In 2023, the Hopewell Fund raised over $9.3 million in grants paid to fund the Civic (Re)Solve Education Fund. 2 3 4 5
In 2023, Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation, the private foundation of Melinda French Gates, made a $4.6 million grant and a $2.4 million grant to the Hopewell Fund to fund the Civic (Re)Solve Education Fund. 5 In 2023, the Hopewell Fund also received $2.0 million from the Ford Foundation, $300,000 from the Horizon Charitable Foundation, and $75,000 from the Moriah Fund. 2 3 4
In 2022, the Alumbra Innovations Foundation made a $700,000 grant to the Hopewell Fund to support the Civic (Re)Solve Education Fund. 6
The Center for Civic Design lists the Civic (Re)Solve Education Fund as a partner organization, and in 2023, the Hopewell Fund reported on its tax returns that it made a $250,000 grant to the Center for Civic Design. 7 8